Japanese Sense of Self

• List figures; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction Nancy Rosenberger; 2. Japanese preschools and the pedagogy of selfhood Joseph Tobin; 3. Multiple selves: the aesthetics and politics of artisanal identities Dorinne Kondo; 4. The tree in summer, the tree in winter: movement of self in Japan Nancy Rosenberger; 5. Identification of the self in relation to the environment Augustin Berque; 6. Self in Japanese culture Takie Lebra; 7. The reference of other orientation Tamkami Kuwayama; 8. Kehjime: how indexing self and social life defines its organisation Jane Bachnik; Index.

'An ambitious formulation, with all the attendant excitement of originality … This book … takes its place as a contribution to ongoing anthropological debate and to a greater understanding of Japanese thought processes.' Joy Hendry, Man